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Old 07-26-2008 | 04:04 AM
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Default RE: Flights 17 - 20, between thunder clouds
That is excactly the point made earlier, but in different words...

Inertia relates to the ground and not the air. So when turning downwind the model has to accelerate in its frame of inertia in order to maintain a proper airspeed.
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